The fastest space probe currently flying (perhaps one of the Voyagers) might be able to reach a nearby star system in about 50,000 years 5,000 years 50 years 500 years Elon Musk of Space-X plans to send a human crew to the nearby Proxima Centauri star system by 2050. True False

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  1. You take a round trip to the star Sirius, a distance of 8.6 light years away, on board a spacecraft traveling at 99% the speed of light.  When you return to Earth, 17.2 years have elapsed on Earth.  But due to Einstein's theory of relativity, you will have aged by

       

    172 years

       

    24 years

       

    2.4 years

       

    17.2 years

    1. The fastest space probe currently flying (perhaps one of the Voyagers) might be able to reach a nearby star system in about

         

      50,000 years

         

      5,000 years

         

      50 years

         

      500 years

      1. Elon Musk of Space-X plans to send a human crew to the nearby Proxima Centauri star system by 2050.

         True

         False

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